Know:
  • The deep reading that used to come naturally, has become a struggle.
  • Internet has altered some peoples mental habits.
  • Students from University College London report that it seems as though many people go online to avoid reading in the traditional sense.hen we read online
  • When we read online our ability to interpret text and make connections remains largely disengaged(Maryanne Wolf)


Want to know:
  • What does a Space Odyssey have to do with the internet and Google?
  • What exactly does Scott Karp mean by stating that the way he THINKS has changed?
  • Staccato?
  • Ubiquity?

Learn:
  • Research that used to take hours to complete, now only takes minutes because of the internet.
  • Search Engines not only supply the stuff of thought, but also shape the process of thought.
  • "We are not only WHAT we read, But we are HOW we read."(Maryanne Wolf)
  • Reading is not an instinctive skill for human beings like speech is.
  • We have to teach our minds how to translate the characters and symbols in books into the language that we understand.